Postscript

D. John Shaw

A chapter in The World’s Largest Humanitarian Agency, 2011, pp 366-369 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Significant developments have taken place since this book was completed. Food and oil prices have continued to escalate, eroding further the gains made in reducing the number of hungry poor and adding significantly to the import bills of food- deficit, low-income countries. In addition, there are increasing signs that the effects of climate change and global warming are already taking effect as massive unstable weather systems create widespread flooding, drought, and forest fires, affecting the homes and livelihoods of many people and the harvests in major agricultural producing countries. A large earthquake in Haiti and an even larger one in Japan, accompanied by a massive tsunami, caused widespread destruction. In Japan, nuclear electricity power plants were disabled, resulting in the danger of radioactive leakage.

Keywords: Food Price; Repressive Regime; Import Bill; Widespread Destruction; Widespread Flooding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230316713_8

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